NKS Development Discussion

1. Hunt down all old floppies.
2. Convert from TX16W format to Typhoon OS
3. Re-save as VST .fxp format
4. Convert fxp to NKS and make bank names. I used Preset Magician but each file/bank had to be named manually as it did not grab the info from the fxp files (bummer).
5. Make ogg. Here I also used Preset Magician so it is a hit or miss.
6. Too big to upload to this forum so I'll keep it here for now (180Mb). https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ngsz052tb1mgbzg0cmqx1/Yamaha-TX16W-NKS-234-floppies-Cyclone-VST2.zip?rlkey=td01cfdet3tehbqrqfk8acn47&dl=0

Nevermind. Settup was actually super easy. The sounds being in the NKS files was just throwing me off. This is super cool.

Also, changing the Cyclone graphics is pretty easy if you want this look. The png file IS part of the download.

Hi there. This is very cool indeed, great work.

I just have a couple of questions.

1. Should the knobs on Komplete do anything when this plugin is loaded? If so, they don't for me.

2. If a preset says something like 'SD026 YE Combi-Set 3' does the word 'Combi' mean there is more than one sound in the patch? I only hear one, though it sounds like it's doubled up for stereo effect.

3. I also found some presets that say 'Sounds' in, as if there's more than one preset in the file. If so, is there a way you browse to something that contains more than one sound?

Thanks for any help.

By the way JesterMgee gave some good insight to how to control a plugin with no automatable parameters in another thread. I copied it below:

"JesterMgee Member Posts: 2,284 Expert

February 26

You will not be able to control a parameter in an instrument from KK if it does not offer "Host Automation", so in Kontakt if you right-click and there is no "enable host automation" option then that parameter is not able to be controlled via a DAW at all.

Some controls do offer a MIDI input to control them but may not offer Host Automation control. When the keyboard is in "NKS Mode" it only works using Host Automation, you would need to switch it to MIDI mode to use an assigned MIDI CC"

Nope, not that easy in my case.

This plugin outside of Komplete is utterly useless, does not appear to a screen-reader so I cannot load anything other than the presets you've very kindly made available.

If it's not already in the NKS mapping, too bad basically.

Sonic Charge do not use Juice 6.1 (or higher) for their GUI's which would enable some screen-reader support, so that's that. I'll just stick to the presets you've made and hopefully one day, will get to hear something that someone else makes with what's on-offer.

Thanks.

I never would have noticed there were presets missing. The preset brouser is accessible with a screen reader, but I usually don't use it.

Right. And I'm saying I usually load presets through the NKS, so I wouldn't have noticed.